Goffres, Joseph Marie, 1808-1867 An Illustrated System of Bandaging
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05987.46 Author/Creator: Goffres, Joseph Marie, 1808-1867 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Book Date: 1864 Pagination: 1 v. : 48 p., 12 p. of plates : ill ; 18.3 x 11.2 cm. Order a Copy
Selections from the French medical manual "Précis de Bandages," first published in Paris in 1858 by Goffres. This edition was created "By Order of the Surgeon-General." Published in Richmond by Ayres & Wade. Front free endpaper is inscribed "Sr Surg WO Owen Lynchburg." Has sections for applying bandages to the head, trunk, upper extremities, and lower extremities. Contains 12 illustrated plates of how to bandage battlefield wounds, including leg and arm amputations.
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